Horst-Otto Gerberding
$1.06B
as of 10/04/24
About Horst-Otto Gerberding
Horst-Otto Gerberding owns 5% of Symrise AG, one of the world's largest makers of ingredients for fragrances, flavors, nutrients and cosmetics.
Symrise resulted from the 2003 merger of Dragoco and Haarmann & Reimer.
Founded in 1919 by Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding in Holzminden, Germany, Dragoco started out producing formulations for perfume and soap.
Horst-Otto serves on the advisory board of Symrise, which employs more than 10,000 people and has annual revenue of around $4 billion.
He was also majority owner and chairman of the advisory board of Gottfried Friedrichs GmbH & Co. KG, a fish-products company based in Hamburg. It closed with no buyer in 2023.
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Citizenship
GermanySource of wealth
flavors and fragrancesResidence
Holzminden, GermanyMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/08/52 (age 72)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Western Washington UniversitySelf-made
inherited and growingHorst-Otto Gerberding’s fortune is worth
18K
troy ounces of gold
16K
median U.S. household
11K
median U.S. income
0.021%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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He holds a BA in Business Administration from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.
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